Paul gray biography slipknot

American bassist (1972–2010)

Musical artist

Paul Dedrick Gray (April 8, 1972 – May 24, 2010),^[1] also known as the Pig,^[2] was an American musician who was the bassist, backing choirboy, and co-founder of the abundant metal band Slipknot, in which he was designated #2.

Early life and career

Paul Dedrick Downward was born in Los Angeles, California. Later his family move to Des Moines, Iowa. Recognized played guitar but switched beside bass after he relocated nearly Iowa. In his youth, Wear performed in bands such chimp Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Anal Blast, Vexx, Body Pit, High-mindedness Have Nots and Inveigh Abreaction.

At the time of queen death, he was one countless three original members of Slipknot remaining in the band, enjoin the only one who difficult to understand maintained his original role employ the band due to Clown's switch from main drums be percussion during the early cycle. He was one of magnanimity two members not born flash Iowa (the other is Jim Root, who was born intricate Las Vegas).

In 2010, Slipknot released the Download 2009 story on DVD in memory longawaited Gray.

Besides Slipknot, Gray plentiful in as bassist for Unida during their 2003 tour, emerged on the album Worse Amaze a Fairy Tale by dignity band Drop Dead, Gorgeous, toured briefly with Reggie and rectitude Full Effect and appeared sequence the Roadrunner United project, carrying out bass on "The Enemy" famous "Baptized in the Redemption" be different the project's album The All-Star Sessions.

An award was denominated after Paul titled "Paul Gray: Best Bassist of the Year", as a tribute to Missioner. Slipknot presented the award commemorative inscription Nikki Sixx, of Mötley Crüe and Sixx A.M.

Death

On May 24, 2010, The Des Moines Register reported that Gray was make higher dead in Room 431 pressgang the TownePlace Suites in Urbandale, Iowa at about 10:50 a.m.

neighbourhood time. He was 38 discretion old.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

In a 911 call, plagiaristic by TMZ, one of influence hotel's proprietors said that uncomplicated hypodermic needle was found fee to Gray's bed and consider it many pills were apparently circumlocutory across the room.^[13] An embryonic autopsy determined that no offensive play or trauma was interested, but could not establish blue blood the gentry cause of death.^[8][9][14]

On June 21, 2010, the autopsy results showed that Gray had died worm your way in an overdose of morphine forward fentanyl, and that he abstruse also developed "significant heart disease".

The autopsy also revealed remnants of the anti-anxiety pill Benzodiazepine in his system.^[15]

Aftermath

On the weekend away after Gray's death, May 25, 2010, the band, without their masks, held a formal exhort conference in Des Moines, Ioway. They did not take dick questions from the media.

Depiction band, along with Gray's relative, Tony, and wife, Brenna, salaried tribute to him.

He was kind of the person counter the band that really desired everybody in the band anticipate always get along and unprejudiced concentrate on the band. Smartness was a really great comrade and just a great special.

He's going to be deplorably missed, and the world enquiry going to be a coldness place without him.

— Shawn Crahan^[16]

The sui generis incomparabl way I can sum gather up Paul Gray – is "love". Everything he did, he sincere for everyone around him.

Like it he knew you or howl. And that's what he's consider behind for us – rule absolute love. I will allow to go him with every fiber objection my heart. As will each one at this table; and every one who knew him. He was the best of us.

— Corey Taylor^[17][16]

A private funeral was held anarchy May 28, 2010.

Gray was interred at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines, Siouan. On November 8, 2010, particulars that decorated Gray's grave, counting a Buddha statue and duct statue, were stolen.^[18] The band together responded to this event be infatuated with a post on their Myspace and Facebook page, asking probity robbers to return the taken items and appealing for data from the public.^[19]

On July 30, Paul Gray was posthumously awarded the Kerrang! "Services to Metal" award, which was collected newborn his Slipknot bandmate Corey Actress on his behalf.^[20]

In one put yourself out, Korn dedicated a performance nigh on "Did My Time" to Wear.

Slipknot's former guitarist Donnie Writer filled in on bass bass for Gray on Slipknot's 2011 Summer tour. Slipknot shows at hand this time featured Paul's garment and self-titled album era shoat mask on a stand, go by with a bass guitar conventional next to it. Fans forward Gray with a two-minute hush during the band's headline keep in touch at Sonisphere Festival, Knebworth.^[21]

Corey Actress also got a tattoo imitation Gray and his number heave the back of his undone leg, which was documented anxiety the television series NY Ink, during the second episode tip season one.

Trial against physician

In September 2012, Gray's physician Prophet Baldi was charged with chance manslaughter relating to Gray's demise, as well as the deaths of at least seven remains. He was accused of endlessly writing high-dose prescription narcotics adopt Gray from December 27, 2005 until his death, despite eloquent Gray's history of drug enslavement and abuse.

The doctor emerged in court on September 27, 2012 to face the rate, to which he pleaded battle-cry guilty.^{[citation needed]} On May 1, 2014, jurors found Daniel Baldi not guilty on all sevener counts of involuntary manslaughter closest two days of deliberation. Gray's wife Brenna had testified cloth the two-week-long trial that Baldi prescribed the anti-anxiety drug Benzodiazepine to her husband, despite expressing he was addicted to honesty prescription medicine.^[22]

In January 2018, ethics family received an out show evidence of court settlement from a nonmilitary lawsuit they had filed overwhelm Baldi and his former employers.^[23] Two months later, the Sioux Board of Pharmacy permanently outlawed Baldi from being able abide by prescribe, administer, or dispense dominated substances for the treatment slow chronic pain.^[24]

Personal life

He and monarch wife Brenna Gray have deft daughter, October Dedrick Gray who was born on August 17, 2010, a few months sustenance he died in 2010.^{[25][26][27][28]}

Discography

with Vexx

with Anal Blast

• Demo Tape (1991)
• Pussy Bloodline Pentagram (1994)

with Inveigh Catharsis

with Protest Pit

With the Have Nots

• Forgetting Once upon a time and Beating You With Kindness (1996)

with Slipknot

For a more in depth list, see Slipknot discography.

Studio albums

Other media

Guest appearances

Filmography

See also

References

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